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Nazareth Foundry & Machine Co. v. Marshall

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 16, 1917No. Appeal, No. 103PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal, No. 103, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from final order of C. P. Northampton Co., July T., 1914, No. 28, refusing to take off a compulsory nonsuit, in case of Nazareth Foundry and Machine Company v. Frank J. Marshall, William B. Marx, and Josephine W. Marx. Assumpsit on a bond. Before McKeen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed.

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Appeal, No. 103, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from final order of C. P. Northampton Co., July T., 1914, No. 28, refusing to take off a compulsory nonsuit, in case of Nazareth Foundry and Machine Company v. Frank J. Marshall, William B. Marx, and Josephine W. Marx. Assumpsit on a bond. Before McKeen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence and in refusing to take off the nonsuit. — The bond made the obligors liable for the debts of the…

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Mb. Justice Potteb,

This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover upon a bond given by defendants to plaintiff, dated July 24, 1913, for the sum of $6,800. The bond contains a recital that the Marshall Machinery and Supply Company is indebted to plaintiff in a sum of about $1,800 in addition to the cost of construction of two Marshall paper-making engines, and that it is deemed advisable by all parties interested that the former company furnish a good and sufficient bond to plaintiff, conditioned for the prompt payment of the purchase-price of the two engines.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bausbach v. ReiffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

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